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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8760 on: January 03, 2018, 01:59:23 PM »
Serious. I hated this.

I have been very impressed with xkcd many times. The guy is clearly a genius. And it's often very funny as well. But this one was just annoying and stupid to me.
Read the explainer. Half the fun is the references. If you don't get many of them you're obviously gonna be disappointed.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8761 on: January 03, 2018, 02:09:43 PM »
http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Wow. That's a lot of effort to explain a joke.

Though several of those seem to be missing the full joke explanation.
DWI seems like a play on BWI. YYZ sounds like it should be fake yet it's real, ORD because those letters are actually in Orlando, etc.
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8762 on: January 03, 2018, 02:10:53 PM »


Serious. I hated this.

I have been very impressed with xkcd many times. The guy is clearly a genius. And it's often very funny as well. But this one was just annoying and stupid to me.

Well, when I'm reading conversations here where people substitute city names for airport codes, it can be extremely confusing and annoying. Did you know shallots is in ORD not CHI? And why isn't it in MDW?

I found it amusing.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8763 on: January 03, 2018, 02:13:29 PM »

Well, when I'm reading conversations here where people substitute city names for airport codes, it can be extremely confusing and annoying. Did you know shallots is in ORD not CHI? And why isn't it in MDW?
Because ORD is the significantly larger airport and is closer to Shallots?
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8764 on: January 03, 2018, 02:24:07 PM »
Because ORD is the significantly larger airport and is closer to Shallots?

I wasn't actually questioning your usage of ORD vs MDW, just pointing out one of the absurdities at referring to city's by airport codes. In my case, I've been in MDW (the airport, not the city) dozens of times, and in ORD only once. (Thanks to Southwest companion passes and Midwest-dwelling in-laws)

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8765 on: January 03, 2018, 02:25:02 PM »
Did you know shallots is in ORD not CHI? And why isn't it in MDW?

Because MDW is only open to military and scientific personnel, and there's no lie-flat from HNL.
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8766 on: January 03, 2018, 02:41:00 PM »
In my case, I've been in MDW (the airport, not the city) dozens of times, and in ORD only once.
That's because you always fly on WN, not on B6.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8767 on: January 03, 2018, 02:45:57 PM »
Because MDW is only open to military and scientific personnel, and there's no lie-flat from HNL.
See, now this must be a joke that's right over my head due to my lack of bekiis in such inyanim.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8768 on: January 03, 2018, 02:50:28 PM »
See, now this must be a joke that's right over my head due to my lack of bekiis in such inyanim.
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8770 on: January 03, 2018, 02:58:35 PM »
Bottom line. The comic wasn't funny.

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8771 on: January 03, 2018, 03:01:18 PM »
Skyguy: Joke Murderer

Ty :)
I'm in the habit of it since my wife always has jokes go over her head, and I have to explain.

Anyway, if you don't get it in the first place it's not gonna be funny no matter what. At that point you can at least get the reference despite it not being funny, or not get it at all (which is of course not funny).

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8772 on: January 03, 2018, 03:06:52 PM »
I'm in the habit of it since my wife always has jokes go over her head, and I have to explain.
There’s a joke about that, ya know :)

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8773 on: January 03, 2018, 03:16:02 PM »
There’s a joke about that, ya know :)
Yea, and that went right over my head. So please explain it.  :P

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8774 on: January 03, 2018, 03:22:42 PM »
Yea, and that went right over my head. So please explain it.  :P
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8776 on: January 03, 2018, 04:29:01 PM »
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8777 on: January 03, 2018, 11:28:06 PM »
Bottom line. The comic wasn't funny.
The horrors. Confusing my old city with yours.
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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
« Reply #8778 on: January 03, 2018, 11:48:51 PM »

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Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
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